Re: "busy buffer problem" panics

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:> Try this patch with the latest kernel. The failure case is odd,
:> because it looks like the underlying lock is somehow entering the
:> system
:> shutdown code. The code in linux_util appears to have some severe
:> leaks: a vnode reference count leak and a memory leak, which thi
:> s patch fixes.
:>
:> Does running clearcase crash it immediately or does it take a number
:> of runs?
:
:It's very close but not quite instant - the command appears to pause for
:5-10 seconds before the actual panic.
:
:Andrew.
Ok, so try it with the patch and see if it still crashes. If it
does try to get a kernel core dump out of it.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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